Typographical machine



Oct. 27,

S. E. SPERRY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Dec 4 Sheets-Sheet l fjmme/ Oct. 27, 1931, s. E. sPERRY 1,829,683

TYPOGRPHICAL MACHINE Filed'nec. 19, 1929 4 sheets-sheet 2 attoznu Oct. 27, 1931. s. E. SPERRY 1,829,683

TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Oct. 27, 1931. s. E. sPERRY TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Dec. 19. 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 llimits-atl' oa. 27, 1931v I ytice to ymount themagazines so that'theycould `sriMUaL E. sPnnRY, oF HoLLIsNEW YORK, AssreNon To INTERTYPE coRroRA'rIoN,

"PATENT oFFlcE i 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK; 'A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK Y Amiucatio'n' iea'nebember 19, 1929. 'seriai No. 415,291;

Y, The ypresent invention relatesto improve- A vments in typographical 'machines and 4more n especially to those of the general class shown anddescribed in S. Letters PatentNo. 436,532 granted on September'l, 1890 to O; lvlergenthalenjwherein matrices bearing character 'forming faces are delivered from Aa magazine, bymanipulation of a keyboard,

and vare assembledto form a line from which aptype -bar or slug'is cast.` The invention relates' more particularly to subsequent improvements ofsuch machinesv whereby two Vor more magazinescontaining diifere'ntfonts f lor styles of matrices may be used in the machine and from 'either' of Ywhich magazines A. A matrices may be drawn as needed.

Heretofore, L it Y'has been the I'general prae- 'bef'L shifted to 'v bring lmatrix-releasing escapements of onejfor'ianother of the different magazines Vintocooperative relation with f relatively fixed 'e's'capement actuatingmeans and with a fixed assembler yfront or chute'so thatfthe latter,` will be'ina position toreceive kmatrices delivered thereto from `the magazine Vthus brought into working position, and it Y `has also been proposed to provide a plurality Vof matrix magazines with escapement actuating mechanism which comprised upper reeds" which were arranged in sets individual to fthe respective magazines and a single set Vof fflower're'eds which 'were shiftable into cow''operationV vwith one or another of the upperV sets 'of reeds and' were actuated by the keyboard to 'cause theupper reedsl withfwhich"A they areset to cooperate to actuate the matrix- 1 releasing esCa-p'ments of the selected magali zine; but such mechanisms which have been heretofore proposed have been complicated and expensive inconstruction and more or less cumbersome or complicated in operation.

'The primary objectv of the'present invention is to provide'asimplified and-improved mechanism for actuatingthematrix releasing escapements of `one or another ofa plulality of magazmes-andfor setting the assembler front toreceive the matrices deliveredfromfh@Seleted magazine' The in' .venti'on' is applicablev to machines of this'- vgeneral class. whereinA plurality of maga-V zines is mounted 'stationarily in downward- Y ly and forwardly inclined position withtheir "lower forward ends in staggered relation,

and it` provides escapement actuating reeds selectively into cooperative relation with one or another ofthe magazines by the operator whileoccupying his usual position in front of the machine. In the preferred embodiment of the invention a set of upper sections and a set of lower sections are provided, the set of -uppersections being mounted for reciprocatory and' rotary movement so that they may -be swung from cooperative relationwith the 'l escapements of one magazine into cooperative relation with the escapements of another magazine, without interference from the rlower reed sections, and an upper assembler front section is provided which is movablel fin properly timedy relation with the move ments of 'the Yupper reed sections so that such upperV section of the assembler front will assume cooperative relationship with thek selected magazine when the upper reed sections are brought into matriX-releasing relationship with thev escapements of that magazine.

To these andy other ends, the invention consists in certainy improvements and lcombinations and arrangements of parts all asv will 4be hereinafter more fully described, the

lFigure 2 is a view of the structure shown 'in Figure l as viewed from the right hand side thereof, the matrix-releasing mechanism being shown set to deliver matrices from the upper one of two lmagazines and the upper section of the assembler front being shown in position to receive matrices from that magazine;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but i, showing the upperreed sections; and the upf per section of the assembler front shifted to 'deliverAv and 'receive respectively matrices f jf, '7 @from thelower magazine, the lower reed sec- .tionsbeinjg ready to shift intoV p ositionrtor Vao'tuatek the upper reed sections);

VFigure l is a perspective view of theright'-y hand vpero rtioneof the lstructure shown in Fig-y ure ,showing fthe-*matrix releasing njecha-' nism and ythe upperisection "of theassembler frontiset to releaseand vreceive'liepeotiyely matrices from the upper magazine; L

-: Figure 5" representspacross section on an .zFigurefis a diagrammatic view yofgrvthe y .20*shiftinlg andlockingmechanism,showingthe shifting movements oftlie lower reed sections.

'i ISimilar parts are .designated'byfthefsame 'reference charactersin 'the several figures,

7 I L Thel present invention is-applioable. 'gellerallyto-y typographical machines of ,the class f lembodying vaV plurality oflmagazinescon- 'ftaini'ng .matrices of dierent styles or belong` ingfto'fdiferent fonts Tand jin which reci-pro- {catory reeds aotuatedfrom a keyboardareo employed for releasing th'ematri'ces'from the j y '-fmagazines so'that theyV will be delivered intov -'anfassembler frontand thence conveyedl to c flag-point where the matrices" areassemble'diin-J ,aline,fpreparatoryfto ap'casting orn similar .i

operation. The invention. is particularlyaplioablefto'machinesfof thisfclassin which a'.

- pluralityof "magazinesiis mounted in a downwardly and forwardlyrinclined posi-L e "tionso that the matrices Will tra-velfby gravity *'40 vto the lower forward endsoffthe magazines wardjor matrix ldelivering endsrarranged in` 4? staggered relation, that is, the lower'matrix deliveringfend of one magazine" is located i vbelow and in rear-y ofthe lower matr-ixda' e :where the magazines arefarranged in sta geredrelation, and the main keyboard reeds and thet auxiliary reedsi A' are f relatively fshflift;v

is shown in theiaccoi'npanyin'g drawings and illbe hereinafter described in ,detail, but itA n' 05 and such will be ineluded'within thescoperof *and their deliveryis cont-rolledbyrescape'- ments', "fthe magazines 4occupying relatively.

fixed operative positions with their lowerfor- ""li'veryfend' ofthe `'magazine next above. it.

isi-tol be understood that'theV invention is not j; restricted tothe precise construction shown fas equivalent constructions are'contemplatedlv' p e #which receives the, matrices from the ymaga- 'vczines is provided with .an uppe'rseotion which is shiftable intog'diiferentpo'sitionsfso that lit may receivey matricesdelivered fromoneor anotherofjthe magazines, inacoordanewith ik :In thecons'truction'shown' in the 'accom-i an in@ drawin s 1 re resents a ortion of D 3 'theusual faceplate casting which isapart G0L ofthe stationary frame of vthe'machinenld is .f' commonly used'in machines ofthisiclass for "i l"mountingV the usual assembler front and reed frames, Qrepresentsra portion ofthe-ikey-f f-board frame, va portion of thetkeyboard 3;, jbei'ng showngi'nigurel, and land-5 repre.

rlhe'vpreferred 'embodiment' of the innlentiong,

sent matrix containing. vijnag-jazines The magazines, vhiclrniay be ofitlie-stan-dard construction` employedin'typographical machines ofthe general classlreferred to, may be removablyA mounted on Vsupports 6.k and. `7 which arefixed Vto the stationary mainframe ofy the machine so thatv'vliile individual magazines'may be removed :and replaced by other magazines- 1n Vorder to enable4 different: styles orfonts ofmatrices to beV brought into use, the

3. `v vSta-lidi):repre'sentthe escapements which "areadapted to receive matrices, after cast has been-madefrom a line, from a distributing mechani'sm sucliilfor eiampieas that fshownin Letters ljatentjNo. 1,202,7 l9grantedOct; 24', l9l6'to TQ S; Homanspthe 'dis- .tributing a mechanism, 'there shown`A Y being adapted to return-the used .matrices to; the respective magazines fron'r which they were drawn,

Accordi' Y. -rr-Qlsdifor .actuating the, magazineescap'ementsto effect "the-delivery of matriceslfrom"oneor'another Y of the magazines, and cooperative means 1s providedv forreceiving the matrices fromlone `or.;anothern ofthemagazines and for `direct- -ingv them to the Vpoint`. of assembly.' "lreferf ably, the improved means comprises aset of f `reeds orkeyboaidarodswhich are arranged to jbeactuated fro'm'the usual keyboard, and-a are rshiyftable into 'working relation with the Y V y "g thefpiest Elettrica, Sim Vplfiedi :and improved rvmeans "1i arefprovided at the loweforward matrixy deliveryiend's of themagazines for :controlling :'the'delivery of vmatrices from the respective magazines'. The upper ends 'of 'the magazines," according lto thearrangement. shown,

vsetof auxiliary reedsjor keyboard rods which Y'escapements ofonef or anotheroif the maga zine's,these auxiliary; reedsjbein'g shiftable in i a manner which will'avoiiilY interference betweenV them and ,the ,magazinea especially able in a y manner which* will, avoid` interfer ence between thesezls'etsof reeds while the shifting ofi the auxiliary 1 ,iedjS L, is Y taking place; and the assembler V,front or the means tion, means common tothe escapement actuating reeds `,and `to the'ilu-pper"shiftablesection of the. assembler' front is providedfor (":oncurrentlyv shifting'. the escapementactuthe setting of the escapernfent actuating reedsQ Ine the :preferred embodiment ofthe inven- Y sen'ibler front7 thereby-properlytiming and coordinating the shifting of'these velem-ents and enablingV the shiftingofboth ofthese ele- `ments'to be acc'omplis'hed'byfthe operation Y ofafsingle'member for'partsuchas a handle V,within convenientlreachyof the operator of tlie machine whilefoccupying yits usual v`posi- ,'tion in front'thereof. i y

ln the construction shown in the present instance for carryingoutV the'inven'tion, a lsetoflower reeds or keyboard rodslO and "afset ofl upper orauxiliary escapement actuating reeds l1 are employed.4 The lower reeds 5 7 are'c'arried 4a reedframe 12 which may `ne similar in its constructionto that common- I ly used in `machines"."off/this class, the reeds l'being individually 4reciproeable, vertically in y A"slotted-guides 13 and `ld'which engage them r neark their upper and lowerends but the reed ;frame.12,according`to the present invention, is mountedto rock bodilywith the reeds l a forwardand rearward-direction, tlielow- Yer end ofthe reed frame being` shown provided in the present instance with knife edges or lugs 15 which rest on the top of the relativelyfstationary keyboard' frame 2 so that they inaypivotthereon and allow the upper portion of -thef reed frame .12 to move zin a i dforward and reardirection vwith respect toy the main frame ofthe machine. The lower ends rof the lower v reeds l0 are spacled and arranged directlyabove the vertically movchines of this class so that the upward moveinent ofany cam yoke willbe transmitted to the respective reed or keyboard reed which estati-,ments tf one' tf1 another-0r the niagaz zines so that when any one of the upper reeds 7'11- is forced upwardly it will actuate therespective'escapeinent ina direction to cause release of a matriXfrom'the corresponding kchannel of the respective magazine, it being understood that the spaciiigof the upper ends of theupper reeds 11 agrees with that of the escapementsof the diderent magazines. y

" 'In an arrangement such as that `thus far y describedfthe vupward movements-of the different lower reeds 10 will be transmitted to the upper reeds 11 and thelatter will actuate i erative relation ywith the escapements of one' magazine and into cooperative relation with the escapements of another magazine, and'this shifting movement of the upper reeds must be effected in a manner which' will avoid interference between them kand the adjacent portions of themagazines,

nis directlyabove it, and by arranging theV 40 `pivotal center provided by the knife edges 15 g `in substantial alinement horizontally vwith -the lower ends of the reeds 107 they latter will i.' remain in cooperative relationship with the' Yrespectivecam yokes of the keyboard, not- 45-xwithstanding )the yforward and rearward swinging motionof the reed frame `12. 'The construction and modeof operation of the keyboard whereby the cam yokes are set into The upper or auxiliary reeds 11 are carried win a vframe 17, they being slidably engaged i. near their upper` and lower ends in slottedv guide plates 18 and 19 which are lixed to the 2 frame'l'Z so that these upper reeds are individuallyireciprocable vertically, and the 1 spacing and arrangement of the upper reeds V.11 correspond with the lower reeds 10, and

50, thesetwo sets of reeds are registered so lthat and where themagazine's'are arranged with their lower i'iiatrixy delivery ends in staggere( relation, as shown` in Figures 2 and 3, the upper reeds inust'be shifted in a path which A o will avoid interferencebetween their upper ,ableyends of the cani operated yokes 16 em- 35 iployed, commonly in the keyboards of maends and the lower end of the magazine which lies between the escapements of' that magazine and the escapements ofy the magazine above it. According to the present invention, the upper reeds 11 are mounted `so that their upper ends will rotate or swing in a curved path which will lower them from operative relationship with the escapeinents of one magazine, then 'carry them forwardly or rearwardly beneath the lower forward end of'an adjacent magazine and then lift these .ilo

upper reeds into cooperative relation with another magazine, thus avoidinginterference rbetween the upper endsl ofthe upper reeds i andthe intervening magazine structure while shifting from the escapenients of one niagarzine to those of anothermagazine, and the 'lower ends of the upper reedsare guidedto theupperend of each reed 10 will abuty against ,thelower end of the corresponding `A`,iipper reed 11. 'Eheupper endsof the' upper reeds 11, which project abovev the top guide 65 plate 18,are adapted to cooperate with the reciprocate inY a substantially vertical Apath( 'to conform vwith the rotating or swinging motion of the upper ends of these reeds.A In order to avoid interference with the vertical reciprocating movement of the lower endsof the upper reeds from the lower reeds 10 which are normally directly below them7 the upper ends of the lowerreeds are swung out of tht` path of the'upper reeds and preferably into a position o-set rearwardly therefrom, the lower reeds being returned to their normal working relationship with the lower ends of ythe upperreeds after the latter havedaeenv fior 'beinginountedto rotate1nbra'okets23 which y iothestationary frameinember ""'21-being.V ofsuCh: 'al length that they keseapements 8:ofthe upper magazine intov v ^co0perationf with the escapements j9 of jfarc' or path,l through which the Vupper ends 3l 1 arefzbolted, or otherwise secured to fthe top l-,the Vcranks theupper ends o' .the upper reeds. 11V an ardor pathwhichI-.willJ-earry them'iroin the the Alower ,inagazinea o rvce versa, 'when shaft .22lto which theg-.eranks21 are ixed, -isrotated'through asufoient angle, andthe of the @reeds llfare thus swung willy eni able the. upper" ends fof the vreeds 11f`to pass 'the flower .forward .`-Corner of the lower i @end ofthe frarnev17oarrying the upper reeds 1-1' isguidedffor x'lertical,'reciproclzatorly1 rno-x v Vtion by pivot pinsV 2 4vlwhichproject laterally from nits opposite sidesand operatevertieally lfromV one'or another A( )'the magazines, as defsoribedgTlief vshaft' 27 has'Y a Cam4 SOj'Xed thereon and'arrangedjto' b'earl on a slide. or'

,Siioirn'ifrome'f the.' mehinejmay manipa. late' this fhandle` toshiftgtlie escapement faetuating rneehar'iisnrt'or eifeetde'livery .of Inatriees fproj'ectonflfWhichbearsfat itsfrear. end

,against the vfronte fthexlov'ver;` reed Jframe 1-2, the 'slide 3 1 being guided tofreciprocate ina forward and rearward direction inthe brack del] the earn 80 being so shaped thatfwhen thehandle 29 is in 'one position, as or`ex-- ainpie itsfraise'd positionshownin Figure 2,

its normalL forward ,positions and when 'the s iton, thelower reed'carrying ranie V12v will be lshifted into a rearwardly' o't-setcposition ofthe'upper reed earry-ingframe17, as lfor example, is shown bythe full lines inlfigure.

.,'The lower reedl carrying frame 12 is Ymaintained in voperative' relatioi'i-fwith the rear end of lthe slide 31 and' thefor'ward edge of the latter is maintained in. Contact withy the 'pe ,whioh'is stretohedbetween the lower reed CarcrankV 29 is swung 'downwardly vifrorn that poe.`

@magazine 5 Vwithoutfistriking it vThe 'lower' fllhey ofthe Cam. 30 by@ tensonspfng 32 the lower reedoarrying rframe k12will occupy Y the out ,ofthe pathfofmoveinent lofthe llower end ,The shaft'22 which serves toV 'shift the upperV f reed carrying :trarner 17 Lisk connected'in the i. YLbeing.-.boltedorj otherwise iXedto the stal-1 Vandfa-ll'lin Conformity with the swing of.

' thelupper end of said frame in an areuate i I -or curved path Landto a lsuchinotion of lieupper endof the fra1n'e17.

pivot incidentally to v p Inorder to permit -descent of the upper "1ingthereof-to` carry the upper reeds out or'` freedzcarrying'frame 17 ineidentfto the shift'- f operative relation with therv 'escapements oil one magazine and to bringtheniinto'fooopf @eration with-the escapements of another.nda'g-l L 'azindthe lowergsetl ofreeds -10 inustbe re- @lng apable '01' a hmlted IOtltlOILrOIl th flnovtedfronithepath of descento the upper v set of-r'eeds,' an d this is accomplished inthe presentyinstane by Swinging carrying vframe 1 Zupper reed' carrying-.frame 17 desends,

-zoonstruotionQnreans provided for coordi- I iating" and properlyltiming the .shifting movements of the lower andupper reed earry- 'j ing framesf Thevrneans shown in thel presy bolted Vor otherwise*fixed` toithe stationary frame l1, vthis-shaft havinga handle 2911iXed y (vl-15k. .The @am 30'h`as a portiony ofltsj pethereon, the handle being located on the mai v A""chine .near andpabove the keyboard; so -.that j i Lrheoperator whilel oeupyinghisusualpo fgagedfromthe loekmgdisk,whilethls raised '-neeting'sproolet ohaini35- N [eans is provided for locking the upper'reed Carrying frame 17 against shifting Amovement.until afterV the ylower reed carrying..frameV 12 has been shit edfout of its normal operative position so that it will clear the'v upper reed; earryingframe Vwhen shifted. For this purpose, thes'procket wheel v33 islixed tothe shaft22 but the sprocket Lwheel 34 is mountedloosely on the shaft .274 yand is Xed'to la locking 'disk 36 which'is also mounted loosely on the shaft 27, the sprocket wheel S'and locking plate' shaft 27 and being adaptedfto beonneeted to Vsaid shaft by a pin orlprojeotion37whioh withy looling recessesv 36?L kand 36hk Which @Xf 36 which is'ffixed tothe sprocketY shifting means orfthejupper V reed'seetions 'tend inwardly from its-periphery and are nt, nflstancgwfor,acomplshng thisA result suitably spaoed cirCuniferentially thereof, ioomprisesvai shaft 27 kwhiehis mounted to roltateliny Vsuitable bracket 28 Lwhiohzmay be fripheral' surfaceraised'to an extent suieient to Cause thetooth y31? t0 b e Completely disenthe other of said recessesjin the looking as shown in Figure2, the'forward edge 3l 17 isconnected by the sprocket wheels 33 Y, ce

, .portion ofl th cam engagement,,withk l the cooperatingforward'edge 3'lbpofithesl1de'' 31the'remainder ofthe circumference of the i Y 1,829,6 sa

cam' 30 bein gv depresse d'suliiciently to permit complete engagement of thetooth31fin-`one oranother of the notches `'3,(i,`3(i" 'when ysuch depressed portion of the: Icam is oppositeto they forwardedge 3l.b of theslide;A rInclines'SG` and 30b connect the? relatively raised 'an'dfdepressed portions ofthecam and provideincllnes on which thecooperatingedge 3l" of,y

the slide rides.'v Unduefimoveinent/ or disf placement ofthe` slide3l from its` guide or bearing in thefbracket'26 isprevented 'byfa screw 39 vvif'hic-h isy fitted into the bearingifor the slide and hasVV its inner end arranged to project int-oja longitudinal slot 40 of suit-y able length formed'in theslide, this vscrew allowi.ngthe slide to reciprocate through its t zo.

fullrange of the movement under the action f ofthe cam 30cbut preventing displacement `Vhen the upper'and lower of the,y slide from its bearing.

" sets of reeds zare in operative-relationship land set to actu! ate the escap'ements8 ofthe upper -1nagazine,

` of the slide 31 Yis'opposite to the-relativelyv low portion of the cam 30and the tooth A3la Von the slide is fully seated in, the recess4 36a soV of thelocki'ng disk, the "lowerreedfframe 12 being then in its normal "forward position sov that the upper ends cf the lower reeds 4are in position to engage thejlower ends? 5 the Aiipper reedsWtofiactuatelthem:` Since shaft 2 2 which shifts the iipp'er reed frame and 34 and the'sprocketichain 35 to theV locky ing` disk 36 so that'zthe'shaft 22 can rotate 'only when the locking, disk rotates, it'will ybe understood thatwhilethe t'ooth\31are 'mains engaged in the notch 36@- of the lock-A ing disk, theupper reedfranie willr be locked in a position where theupper'ends-of the capement actuatingA mechanism'is'v set for operation uponthe escapement of theup .per magazine. the operating handle 29 may occupy a raised* position substantially "j as shown in Fig.v 2. Resetting of the escapement f* mechanism to bringit yinto operative relation ship with the escapements 9 of the lower magazine 5 is effected 'simplybi,7 a downward swing of the crank or handle 29 `through ap proximatelv a hfalfrevolution. During YtheA 4'first operation ofthedownward swing' of the crank or handle 29. the cam 30, which is liked Vrto the shaft,27 -and'hence rotates V'in' unison therewitlnf willact, throughts .A `the 'portion of Athe" lower reed rame y c :12 againstwhichitbears,rearwardly." lWhile "is at an intermediate point in its shifting the inclined surface 30a on the cam is thus acting fon, the slide, the'locking disk 36 .re' ymains motionlessor substantially so, astheA since thel snrocket'wheel 34 which serves to rotatethe shaft 22 which shifts the up f per reed frame 17 is fixed to the locking plate736, shifting of the upper reed frame willy be delayed fduringl the initial part of the'swing of the crankor handle 29; The 'y handle 29 is permitted to swing and thus vrotate the cam 3() while the locking disk 36 remains motionless, l bv the lost: motion provided between the locking disk 36 and the t pinf37 by the 'segmental slot 38V in which said pin operates, the pin 37 moving idly in the segmental slot 38 during that part of the rotation ofthe shaft-27 which causes the forward edge 3U on the slide 31 to ride up the' inclined surface 30il of the cam. The slot 38 isvof suflic'ient length to permit the pin l37 toadvance while the locking disky 36 remains stationary or substantially so, until thetin'cline 30a on ythe cam has passed 'the edge 31bof the slide, at which time the tooth 31a will have been completely withdrawn from the lockingl notch 36 in the cam. f When the shaft 37 and the cam fixed thereon have .rotated 'to that eXtent,'the pin 37 lixedcn the shaft' 27`willfre`ach the end of the seg- 'mental recess 38 and it will then couplethe sprocket 34 'and the locking disk-36 to shaft ico 27 so that these elementswill rotate in unibsongwith saidv shaftv during its furtherarotation, and as-the withdrawal of the tooth y 3 1 `frointhe notch 36? inthe locking plate unlocksathe sprocket34, the latter will be f reftLrOtale in unison with ythe `shaft 27 and the motion communicated from this sprocket through the chain 35 to the sprocket wheel 33 fixed on the shaft 22 will rotate the latter in an anticl0ckwise direction in Figure 2 and the vcranks 2l fixed on this shaft will swing the upper reed carrying frame 17 through an arcuate or curved path which will lower the upper ends ofthe upper reeds l1 then swing the same rearwardly yim Abeneath the forward end vofthe lower magazine 5 and will finally raise the upper ends 'of theupper reeds until theyl assume the positionV shown in Figure 3 where they are in cooperative relation with the'reeds 9 of the lower magazine r5.

During the above'described shifting move- .f ment of the upper reed frame 17, the lower reed jframe'12 is in a rearwardly shifted or voliset position, this lower reed frame'being shifted into such a position by the rearward moven'cent imparted to the slide A31 by the cam130.'v Figure 3 shows in dotted lines the position 'ofthe upper reed framel? while it i nniovenient,".the lower-endgofreed e framebeing then-below; the upper endg of- -the lowerreed,frame1"?,Y rbut las the latter isthen!Y in itsr'earwardly shiftedfpoistioni the lofvverl 5 reedifframe will avoid i, interference withthe; shift of "the Yupper yreed-f.f-fraine'. /Vhen! thel crank or handle 29 hasfbeenj rotatedtofan extent suiiicient tozbrin'glth'e upper reed V'frame -V y17 'into fcooperationxwithfthe 'lower'l magazine"2k ias 'shown by the fullli'iiesjin Figureythe secon'dinclined surfaefon the cam 3l) will "have rea'chedthe cooperatingedge lhpf the 1 Slide y31; andasthefswingingmotionjofgthe t' r handle 29contin`uesgthe edge- -31"v of thezvslide will ridefddwn ythe inclined s'iirface530'? V,on the' camand the tooth Bla'onthe-slide will'f-'enter theajsecond' notchbinthe lockingpplate,

` tooth 13,1@ to become .'ullyy seatedlinthehnotch 36h andMv willi cause the, slidel toy assiimeits Aforemost'.fposition,k the engagementrof the disk'lockingthejshaft 22 against rotatin sol i l; Y thats'liiifting ofthe upperr'eedfr'ame .1T .out

ofcooperative relation withfthe escapements ofthe lower magazine is prevented, andthe lower reed frame 17 will, occupyitsqforward operativerposition sothat thenpper ends of Bffnipulationofthe-keyboardinfthe @usual way inf-the selection lot'matricesfwill be .transnfiit-Yo "te'dtqthe uppery reeds111,` and asthe'lfl'atter then cooperate vwithlthey es'capementsfQfQof the 'lower magazine v5, the respective escapements 3, 4@ this 'magazine willbefactuatedcto effect-the! Y #release-.of matrices from' thegloweifnfiagaZine`i fIn orde'tofre'setftheescapement actuating ,Y mechanism for operation-upon the escape,A laments@ of the'upper;magazine4,fit .is'only "'45 /neoessarfyto swing ,thecranl orlhandle 29 Sup- 1 Y"wardly unti-lit reaches thefposition shown2 in Figure 2." DuringtheinitialpartV of thev upward-swing ofthe handle 2,9, shifting?movement of thegupper'reedrarne 1471 will be pre- .ye'nted` asthertooth V31a'of the slide Slgispen- -gagedin the notch 36b'of: the VVlocking disk` i and' the'latter/ with. the-sprocket 3 4: are ,thus :locked :against iota'tiorn` but :the-initial f part o jtftlfie upwardfswing. ofY the handle! 294 will cause utheinclined"surface 301.5011 there-ain 30 t'oact on the slide-31 t'o-forceitfrearwardly,

' 'g thefrejafwardiyOsea -posaionshbwnfgby the 'L full? lines inf-Figure' 35 land 'duringthis movevment of theilower reed frame,` due 't6-the; rear-1Y v f'ward? 1,n'overnent0fL the slide-31,V thetpeth? i. Yson"slideYisrloeing `withdrawn fromf'th'e A fnotch 36? the :locking'disl Rotation oitlie shftj27 f and han dle129 *during this part' (of lthe operation without interferencejfroni the lo'cll,V

' toothf'la iny the-notch,v 36e-'of the locking notch-383m which the B feopeeratesthelpin Y 137 :moving Vvidly .inthe V recess SSTduring this whenfthe toothlrla hasfbeen fully retracted from .themotch 362 in the lockingdiskythe ypin 5375 reaches end of the recess 38,; andV continued -`:rotation ofi-the .shaft 211 incident l to the ,upward .Swing ofr the handle 29 will cause? the'locking dish-and the sprocket 34 "initial:partfiof the shifting operation, but Y 70 iiiiedteit .to rotate in unison with theshaft`27 Y and` the VYshaft 122 will then be rotated in a clockwisedirectiomthecranks j21,;'Xed there on; actingtoswing theupper reedfframe 17 'in an'arcuate iorcurved path which will Carry the'u'pper ends ofthe upper reedsirstina downward direction which lowers .them out of cooperative relation withthees'capellents- 9 of the l lower nLagaZine 1 5, thence in a forward d1rectlon'Yl which'y .carries them f beneathl the lower' -forward "end of' the glower kmagazine and then in anupward direction whichbrings th-yupperends 'of the upper -reeds'finto (zo-, loperative'f'relation with .the escapementsSoi4 the upperlma'gazine f4, las shown in Fig.V 2.

'During thisshifting movement ofthe upper yreediframe, the lowerend of this UPPEI reedY frame ,-reciprocates vertically,Vv as will be ape Yparent fromtjheffull andgdotted `line illustra-1- y .tion offthepifpperreed frame 17 in Figure 3,

but these lmiveni'rentseof "the lower end of the i upper. reed Vframe are notinterferedwith by the lowjer reedfframe 121asthe latter `occupies its.'rearwardly-offset' position, asf shown by thejfull Y lines -in Figure 3 Y during [such shifting movements ofthe .upper reedir amef Y f The inal portionj ozfSl thefupward swing of vthe prank Y:or handle 29. brings" the j inclinedgsurf .face SO'of-the c am'BO into engagementfwith Y Y the` vsurface 31? ofthe slidelirand as the inslide fthe 'platten moves forwardly under the ytensi'in o'fgthe springz32 :aetipgi on the lower Vuppenends of the reeds 10 register with the thas-heldin cooperative relationship with the jescapements of the upperV magazine. z

'{thereby rnovinigf the lowerfree'd frame 12einto f l lhepr'esent inventionalso provides simple zines and :to direct .them .to the assembling its :reedffram'e 12p-and the llower reed frame is vthus caused tof move Aforwardly toward and into itsjnormal operativerposition/ where the A cli-ned:position' v so* that ltheupper reed'fraine c 17 f'willbe, in Vits"forward,elevated: position;

thezlower -endstof the'l upper 'reed'sill being th'enr liinrnediately gabevef and in;"alinernent I 5 witlijthe-lewer'reedsl@ so that reciprocations Y ofthellatter willlbeftransrnitted to theup'perv reedsections5 and-the -upper ends [of the-up;v .Y viper'freedLsections l1 will be registeredganlgin c f workingrelation with the escapementsf 8 of .the upper-magazines() that operation,v of the usualllieyboard whichfserves to lift --anldgthusl actuateithe lower .greed sections il() jwillv be transmitted..throughtheupperfreed sections fllrtothefescapernentsloffthe upper magazine Vandnizdtrices stored in this magazine will :be releasedtherefroin; as 'desired i by -'the op-f it ,-ilfreediflfrarn'e 17 coccupygthe angular position o described;thek cranks lcfwhich operatefupon theli-nlrs Lllto shiftthe Lipper assemblerl front Y section E 42, will L also: oceupythe forwardly Y 'andr upwardlyf-inelined positions shown in 'i Figure@ and incons`equence,ithe.upper as,- 5 1' sembler front 7sectionl2V will be positioned by Vthe cranks 45 andlinlrse? to receive the "Vniatri'ces deliye'redfrornthe upper *Inaga--n "'zi'ne and to conduet themr to the lower 'section- Vof the assembler lfront for conveyanceby the o :usua-ltravelling beltf L1;(l-rto f the point; wherey the Ihatrices fare assembled; inl a lines lThe spring fiacts ',tojinaintainy the lowerfreed "Ejfranie 12 its'forward operative position'so '.tliat'the lower reedfsections".contained there-` 5V'final-willfinaintainfgproper ,cooperative relationship .with the(` -upper reed sections, Y and the iengagementof the Jtooth y31a ofthe slide l'in` the notchy 36"* ofthe locking disk will look- 'g-.theils'haft 22 against `rotation, softhat' L eegitheiipperreedf f-raineflfis locked iny posi- Y tion; whereth'euupper:ends of the 'upper reeds arefin oooperatiye relation with thel escape-n g'ments'ofith'eruppenmagazine;

; order-to shiftthe escap'enientgmechaf 5' ynis'rn andthe'y upperseetionjofathe assembler vfrontfor" the release .and ldelivery of matrices VKHfrr'nfnthe vrlower' irnzugraZine,r it is only necessary for the operator to. grasp, the handle orcranlr) 29,and'toswing-it downwardly. During the oy initial fpart' of 'the .downward ,swing of the j handle 29.the` upper-reed frame 17 and the i uppershiftable section of theassembler front Vremain stationarygfas thetooth 31a engaging inftlne."notch 367EL oflthelocking' disk locks the Y --.shaft 22, lagainst; rotation,k but ther` cam l3 0 t begins-to vrotate-immediately and its inclined "j surface; 30aengages' the forward edge 31h Y ofthe slide 31; whereby the latteris shifted Vfrea''iwa'i'f'dly, 'and as vthis slide bearsc'against `l -vtheforward sideof vthefloyrver-reedffrarne 12,; i Y .the 'flatter'. also'will bel rocked., or tiltedV rear; fr'

' ardly againstthe actionfofthe springV 32,

shift of theslidefl will Y "fc'ontlnne'until' thexupperfendof the'fl'ower: .freed rranle'lQ 'has been; renioved rearwardly flbmbeneathftheflowerend.oftlefupper,reed A' frame 17;. Whenzthis stage ,ingthe "oper ation has-been f reached,4V the tooth; 31E/0n the. slide Y 31 v4ijs'rfuny rei-,mataffom'thenetcheee in they Vlocking diskand theprojectinwhich vis lined; to V the shaft 211 and whiehghas been previously ymovingfidlyfin the 'segmental `slot 38 in thehub ofthe sprocket wheel rreach j thelend'of said segmental ysl'ot so thatfcontinuedrotation ofthetshaftZTunder the'aotion v4o'f-Vlhef'handle 29 willcause they sproclnetk wheel Y34; vandthe lockingfdisk Bfto begingto 'rotate i'nun'i'so-n with the shaft, Suehfrotaf' tion ofthe sprocket wheel 84e is transmitted, Y -through thejchafin ytothe;sprocket wheel lixed onthe shaft 22, so .thatcthelatte'r then Vbegins tolkrevolve, land this irotationgofthe Y shaft22 causes theforankS 2l fixed thereon to swing the upper end ofthe upperlreed, franie '17 inV an yarC` -the direction of. whichl is 'lirst downward lwhereby `V'the l upper reed sections .lili areloweredythence rearwardly whereby.

the upperv ends ofthe upper reed sections fareV carriedjbeneath the bridge'pieeev or extension 4e at the lower forward end of the'lower niag- A azine 5 A substantially as Yis',;indi atedy by y:the

do-tted lines shown inFigure and thence upwardlyf'whereby fthe@upperV ends, ofthe l'upper Vreed -cseetions ill l are 'raisedfintofideic-Y -erativerelation with the'escapementsflof the lower magazine 5,' as cshowrrby-the full llines upper reed fraflne 17- 4is 'thus swinging yin an arcuate path, the lower endof thisreed frame vvreeiprocates yerticallypitfbeing 'guidedgin'its reciprocating ymotions byfthe pivot pins` 24vr ,in Figure a. ;whiieztheiupper"end got the f l ien" scribedyto swing thevupperv assembler front l4:2 from the operativelposition shownl in Fig-k ure -V 2,v through' the intermediate position shown by thedottedflinesinfFigure 3 and Y y intothev full liney positionshfown in Fig,-

ure .3 whereV it will aline-.or registerwith the bridgev piece or extension il atthe lower forward end ofv'thelowermagazine iso that this shiftable section lofqthe assemblerpfront willbe thus brought` intoposition itjo receive j matrices delivered fromythe ,lower magazine and Y Y p ftedire'cttheinlinto'thelower portionof thef'assemblerfront 3f l thosev :positions 4in@k their kvrotatien'where the upper reedseotionstll are"brought'intorcof operative relation Vrwith .1t-he escapenients A Vof l -the lower` magazine f5, the" inclined. surfaces A*30h on lthe cam reaches the forward edge lb Y -iof,theislide 31 and v:the latter isfpermitted to return'fto its forward position. During this forward movement. of vthe-slide 31,'the-lower reed frame rl2 swings back toward-1 and 'finally I' into vits .normal .forwardSpositionl and lthe .tooth 'Sla on the slide-moves .into the second .inotchfb in the lockingfdisk whichifnotch is then :registered with the tooth, `and the vtooth 3.1"1L ibecomes fully 'seated inA thetnotch b'at i the moment the shaft 22 has rotated 4tothe .point'where theupp'erendsof thevupp'er reed sections 111 have Y been .brought 'fully Vinto co -operative VVrelation `withfthe -escapements 'of the lower lmagazine, land Lat-this moment :the crank or handle 29"is locked :against further lrotation Vand the escapement vmechanism and also :the Y shiftable upper 'assembler' mechanism-Aare locked in working relation .withflthe Vlowermagazine.y d p vIn order lto' shift ythe y escapementy actuating #mechanism andthe upper section lof the asl[sembler from cooperativerelationwith the i'lower magazine into vcooperative relation with the upper magazine', itis only necessary Ito' swing the crank 'or' handle 29'upwardly for backto the full line position shown in Figure 2, During therst part 'of-this movep ment of the handle 29, the pinlS-fixed in the shaft 27 moves idly ftowarduthe oppositeend of lthe segmental yslot 38l in th'efhnb ofthe sprocket wheel 34 so that the vflatterand the jlockingdisk 36 will remain Imoticinless vand "thenfwil-l be lockedby the engagement of Sthe tooth Sla in the notch Bb, sothatpremature 'shifting ofthe upper reedV frame willV 4not tale place, but the cam f30 whichbeginsto r'otate Vconcurrently with that ofthe shaft 27 y will` act, through the operation Yofthe inclined Vsin'fa'ce 301? thereon, upon: the-'slide' 31 lto'pu'sh litrearwardly, ythereby `'shiftingfthe lower reed vvframe 12out of its normalforward position ftowardits rearwardlyy oE-set position andr to ldiseng'age the toothllon the slide from'the notch in-thelo`ckingdisk, and after the ylower reed 'frame l2 hasbeenffulfly shifted to the rear'and'the tooth 31a onthe slide 31 has :been Y 'fullyl disengaged from 'the notch 361 in the Plocl'ri'ngdisk 36, the pin 37 fixedto'the :shaft *27 'will'have reached the end jofthev segmental f slot-3.7 and will f-cause'the sprocket wheel34 'and flocking disk torota-te inunison 'with the rotation ofthe yshaft 27, Vthereby causrng'the Vv-shaft22 torotate in afdir'ection-which is the l 'reverse-ofthat previously described -whereby the upper "reed sections "are first' loweredfout of cooperative relationfwithftheescapements -of thelower magazine 5 thenswungforward "ly beneath the .lower forward 'endV of the el'ower-v magazine, and thebri'dge'piecelor extension 44,'and finally@upwardly-'whereby the nfpper-'ends {of'ftheffulpperzereed .sections are 'e yraised into cooperative relation with? the es capementof the :upper magazine 4, as shown 'reciprocable iny a fixed vertical plane in con-'L- 'formity with said movement of their upper :the lower reedz frame l2 'being thereby refturnedrto a'positionfbeneath the lowerpend of the upper reedxframe so that the reeds car-` ?ried'by the lowerreed framewill register andryo cooperate with those Acarried bythe upper freed frame, and :the toothla on the slide enters theinotch 36a in the locking-disk, it finallyy seating therein and therebyfarresting the crank orhandle 29 whenitreaches the po- 85 sitionvsh'ownin Figure 2,v the shaft l22 which :shifts :the )upper Vreed frame and the upper section of the assembler front being then locked so thatfdisplacement of theupper reed frame -or the upper section jof the assemblerfm0 front from'operative position is prevented.

' II claim-as my1nvent1on2-- 1 f l. Inaftypographicalmachine embodying a plurality of matrix magazines having matrixreleasrngescapements, actuating reeds- -95 -shiftable at their upperrends in yan arcuate path the center ofwhioh isabove said lpath 'and'below the 'height of the escapementsand :thera'dius ,of1 which-is shorter than thev length Aof said reeds, to bring saidends of the reedszm intoy cooperative `relation with the escapementsofoneor vanother of the magazines.

2; ga typographical machine embodying V.apa-ir of superposed matrix magazines arranged. in acdownwardly and. forwardly in-v 1105 clinedposition with their lower forward yends :in staggered relation `and having matrix releasing escapements,l actuating'reeds shift- I-'able-at their upper ends -in an arcof 4more than ahalf circle-about and beneath a' centerilm located,immediatelylbelowthe lower forward endof the'lowermagazine to ybring said ends of the reeds into cooperative 'relation with *theescapements'offone or. another of the magazines. f e 51115 J Biln a typographical machine embodying a ,plurality ofmatrix magazines vhaving matrix releasing escapements, escapement actu- .i'ating reeds'theupper ends of which are shiftahl'e'linv a curved path 4about and beneath ai; 120 center located below fthe height ofthe-.escape- '-mentsto carry them .into cooperative relation with the escapements of one or another ofthe magazines vandv the lower ends of whichare ,'eIldS.

A 4. In a-@typographical' machineembodying 'la' `plurality of -|,matrix -magazines having ma- ;tr'ix releasing escapements, upper andloweri;

Y' :escapementactuating reedstheuppieriieeds thefQ-shiftingoftheikeyboardeactuatedreeds endstravel in; a curved e path havingv a center ywhich isaboveisaidpath and. be1ow;the

heightA of the escapements-of the magazines and having a: radius whichis Vshorter `than thelength of said upperreedstocarry their upperiends to and 'from cooperative relation with thef escapements of fthe. different Vmagazinesv while their` lower n. ends rare guided -to reciprocate'in a fixed verticalplane, and the upperfends ofthe lower' reeds being movable to andi fromj operative position ,'injsaid fixed verticallfplane' beneath the Vupper reeds.'

-` 'In `ay typographical machine embodying agpjlurality of matrix magazines-V having matrix releasingescapements, 'a frame carrying escapement'actuating'reeds, a shaft having i vjcranlr means thereon supporting-the upper end ofthe reed frame to swing into positions at opposite sides of 1 said'v shaft and operable, whenV` rotated, vto swing the-rupper .ends "of the reeds from cooperativerelation withthe escapements :of one magazine :into cooperative relationv with the-escapements'of another magazine, andA means guidinglthej lower end l 0f the reed frameto movejinv a fixed vertical upper end;

plane duringsaid V,swinging movement. of its 6. In' a ytypographical machine embodying a plurality-ofkk matrix magazines having ma-r trix releasing escapements, a'. set 'rofjescapement engaging reeds m'ountedtof shift,- at tlfeir-A upper.v ends in! an a-r'ciwhich will carry them :into cooperativel relation? 'with the es-V r capements of vone orfanotherof'the magazines andtoireciprocate longitudinally at their ioppositelends, aV ,setv 'of `keyboard-actilated reeds mounted toJshiftgtoand from-operativegposition opposite tev the longitudinally reciprocable endsof the` escap'ementr engaging reeds, operating means forbeing operative, by Yits movement in one direction, to shiftl both sets ofjreeds, said means shifting the keyboardaetuated reeds out of; operative f position and *l comprising means for locking the 1 es-` capemen't:v VVVengagingY` reeds against 'l shifting iintilv such 'shiftingof the keyboard-actuated reedshasbeen completed. l y v7.- Inatipographical machine "embodying a plurality o'ffmatrix magazines and having matrix releasingY-esc'iapements,y a'jsetof escapementlengagingz-reedsIshiftable at theirupper ends yinto .cooperati've;relation with "-t'he'eseapenlents'Tofrv one or anotherAv magazine and reciprocablelongitudinally/*1attheir4 opposite ends, 'aSet-of'key-boardifactuated reeds shiftable; to andf i from Y AcOofperative l'relation lwith the reciprocatoryfends of the escapementi engagi'ng freed's, meansl' operative Vloyrflits movement'inone direotion'to shift both sets redsand comprising; meansientrolled r`by r Y lca'm and operativegfthereby; to shift the lower out 'ofioperative' positioirfhas been completed and for locking :the fescapement engaging e reeds y against 'shiftingA fafter fthe; ,shifting thereof and'. thereturn of thekeyboard-actufated' lreedshave been-completed.

f8j AIn a typographical machinethe combinat-ion 'of sets of upper andi lower individually, shiftabler escapementactuatin reeds, and Y [common operating e means` there or embody- .Eingarotatabl'efshaft having a cam thereon,

f .to2 shift lthe upperreeds, andlockingmean's ing ofthe upper reeds until shiftin Ylower yreeds has :beenl completed. n l '9. lIn* aftypographical machine, the combination of setsv ofnpper'; and? lower escapement v lactuatingreeds, the upper, set being shiftable to .bring-them into cooperative'jrelation with theiescapements of one'ror another4 of fa pluralityf of magazines and the lower set ,of reeds i--beingf shiftable into'fandfout of cooperative Arelation with'r 'the upper reeflj means for shiftinggboth sets of reeds in definitetimed l relationshipV including `a shaft having a cam f fixed thereon, 'alQmemberc'ooperative with the set z-off reeds," an element relativelyY rotatable to sa limiteddegree on-the "shaft for shifting :the'upperfsetfofreeds,;a locking member cone [nestedto said element,and. means controlled by said lcal-m andcooperative with'saidlockf ing, member tofprevent shifting of ther upper -setof reeds:wliilethe:lower set ofvree'ds are in I cooperative relation therewith, land operative .by said carritoV releaseV said' locking member v vhen,shifting of! the low f been com'ljileted.y i 'd' =10. In; a, itypograp fing a pluralityof matrixmagazines having matrix* releasing l'kescapeinents, lthe combinatinl of; escapement actuating: reeds, means including-fvv af shaft .and Icrank meansthereon f f1-for: supportingithe reeds toswing, at V their xupper ends, in-'an rarc* the 'radius of whichis Ashorter?thaithe reeds and the center ofwhich 'Y '-isiabovejthef arc and below'the height ofthe 'escapement'slof the magazines toj'carry/-the fupper ends-fof the reedsfrom cooperative relation withz'the escapements of one magazine Y ainto, cooperative relation,V withV the y escapements e of another magazine, ian assembler Afront section monnted'tdswing inanarc about? a center proff-'set 4forwardly Yfrom the center of` the arcin which the Y'reedsswing and crank meanspn f said shaftfconnectedV tothe assembler front secticn andoperativebygsaid Y1.25

'fsha'fvtgto swing fthe assembler ffront section er? set ofrreeds has n Y 1 il; .27..." f* i V105 hicalmachine* embody- Ainto-matrixsreeeivingVV pesitionj with respect l "to oneeor anotherY ofthe `mfagazines. l

11n; testimonywhereof 'havey hereunto V,set

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